What's a frog? What's a toad? Why do we only see them during the monsoons? Is it safe to touch em? To find out, Sumedh and Amartya chat to the incredible frog biologist, Madhushri Mudke, and talk about her work on frog behaviour, the threats they face, habitats and life as a PhD student.
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Show notes:

Madhushri Mudke - https://girlgonebirdzz.com/author/admin

EDGE of Existence, ZSL - https://www.edgeofexistence.org

Dancing Frog, EDGE - http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/micrixalus-kottigeharensis/

Madhushri’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/girlgonebirdzz/?hl=en

Madhushri’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/girlgonebirdzz?lang=en

Madhushri’s Medium Blog - https://girlgonebirdzz.medium.com

Madhusrhi’s PhD - https://www.atree.org/users/madhushri-mudke

1) Global Amphibian Decline - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/25/the-sixth-extinction
2) Collins, James P., Martha L. Crump, and Thomas E. Lovejoy III. Extinction in our times: global amphibian decline. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Flagship Species - https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/wildlife_practice/flagship_keystone_indicator_definition/

International Union for the Conservation of Nature - https://www.iucn.org

Amplexus - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-comparison-of-known-amplexus-positions-found-in-anuran-amphibians-with-the-new-amplexus_fig1_303945595

Video of foot flagging (dancing) in the dancing frog - https://www.natureinfocus.in/indian-wildlife-information/the-foot-flagging-frogs-of-the-western-ghats


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